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CLARK'S 
DEFINITE SHORTHAND 



Introduced by Muscular movement, composed of four length 
Vowel Strokes and very small Consonant Circles, Half 
Circles and very slight Ticks, is so simple that any child in 
the Second Grade, can learn and use it opposite the spelling 
preceeding the Reading Exercises as a Self-Pronouncer; also 
by writing to parallel languages — one the literal translation 
of the other,*any student can learn the other language thereby 




Francis Chadwick Clark 

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Author and Publisher 

Kansas City, Kansas 



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COPYRIGHTED 

IN 19^7-1918 

BY 

Francis Chadwick Clark 



AUG 20 1918 



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INTRODUCTION 



The Definite Shorthand is taken from and 
built upon the foundation of Clark's Tangible 
Shorthand. 

Its author has undertaken to accomplish 
four things: To develop a shorthand alpha- 
bet that any child in the First grade can learn 
and use opposite the words in the spelling, pre- 
ceeding the reading exercises in its reader, to 
pronounce those words independent of the 
teacher's assistance; to so develop this short- 
hand alphabet, that it will record any and all 
articulate sounds and thereby record all lan- 
guages equally well; to develop such a power- 
ful alphabet as to be able to record all reading 
matter in full — without word-signs, prefixes, 
suffixes, etc., as briefly as any of the standard 
shorthand systems do by their contractions, 
and yet, capable of having any mode of abbre- 
viation, used by other systems, applied to it; 
All in one system, in such an inductive way 
that the student will find it a source of pleas- 
ure from start to finish. 



THE TEACHER AND STUDENT 

There is no such thing as the cultivation 
of memory. Memory always exists. 

The only way to learn is to open the mind 
and let the facts in, and use them there. 

The mind never retains anything for 
which it has no use; therefore, think through 
your fingers. But remember, that you cannot 
put a better picture on paper than you have 
in your mind; for that reason study these cir- 
cles and ovals until you can see them in all of 
their parts, distinctly; then, imagine you can 
see them in your mind as distinctly. As you 
do so, pick out each stroke, one by one, notice 
its name, position on the circle or oval, its 
length, shape and direction. In your mind, go 
over each circle or oval this way several times 
a day. 

This shorthand is introduced by a muscu- 
lar movement, to establish uniform lengths 
and a natural, easy command of the hand. In 
this movement, every stroke has the name of 
a character, and should not be made without 
speaking its name and thinking of its shape, 
direction and length. 

All shorthand characters are taken from 
geometric circles and ovals (quadrate and bi- 
sectioned) as follows: 





wo< 




>N3 




2 



VOWEL SOUNDS EXPLAINED 

These parts of the circle are the foundation of the 
whole shorthand system and, therefore, should be studied 
as per instruction in the third paragraph under "The 
TEACHER AND STUDENT." The sounds of these 
names are: 

is in ear ill 
T f like i in r C 

e es en 

.1^. (.. 

a as an air Al. 

1Z Z 

oy boy coin fawyei/ oil 

Oy ^ oi 



1 



1 



i 



I 111 



7 



n air Al. 
oin lawyei/ o 
tire m< 



I dine tire rfcle 

) :.?. 

how ounce our ' owl 




ou 
ow 



ow 
ou 



u 

00 Z"~ 



ah ^ 

woo 

LL 

Li 



u 

00 



scfet5ol 



you tune your 

C £ /C 

ma on are volume 

^ 2. 

wood one were* woi 
'ease seen ear eel 

L_ b. ( L 

owe own oar— \ld 

1 1 

say aim 




woo 
wu 



_JL 



Sayer ail t 



wan 
walP\ 



■"V 

Wl 

we 



wa 



wi 
we 



was swan war wall 



we win Wier will 
way wen wear wail 



wen 
way 



wa 



oo 
u . 



aw 



we 
wa 



wa 



u 

00 



aw 
o-a 



wag swam 1 ware 



up some poor pull 
saw gone or all 



SHORTHAND EXERCISES 

The "regular vowel stroke" is equal 
to one-half the length of a diagonal / 
stroke extending from ruled line to ruled line. 
(Compare with "Exercise Six"). 

The "shortened vowel stroke" is one-half 
as long as the regular vowel stroke and has 
the sound of "n" (above the line) and "m" (on 
the line of writing) added to its name ; as, "e" 
becomes "en" or "em." 

The "lengthened vowel strokes" are one- 
half longer than the regular vowel stroke and 
have the sound of "r" added to its name, as, 
"e" becomes "ere." 

The "double or full-length vowel stroke" 
is twice as long as the regular vowel stroke 
and has the sound of "1" added to its name; as, 
"e J becomes "ell." 

All shorthand characters may be shaded 
to add the following sounds of "s" or "z" to 
their names; as, "it" becomes "its." 

These sounds may precede the initial 
consonant characters; as, "t-ake" becomes 
"stake." Following it, "take" would become 
"takes." 

Regular and shortened vowel characters 
may be written through or under the line of 
writing to express a following "t" or "d;" as, 
"e" becomes "et" or "ed." Both shading and 
below the line produces "Ed's." 




Lesson One 

"This circle contains six strokes; each of which 

can be rnade in four lengths; shaded for a fol- 

•- lowing "s, z or tion" sound, and the %, y 2 and 

.rr?.„. N ^.„ parallel strokes can be written through or 

1 . . under the line of writing for the following "t, 

L\/J th or d." 

All shorthand characters below are so developed, and 
they are to be learned by using; therefore, select all of the 
developed words you can find, build and write sentences 
and phrases from them like this: 

I am at the end of the* aisle! The ice is 

l-u / - „ ' : j .: )... c 

out in ' the air. An ant is / in an ounce of- 

^. / 1 J / / ( C ' 

*Seepage 14 "Extracted words" for outline. 



The following sounds of n, m, r, 1, s, z, t, d and 
st are expressed by writing the same characters in 
half fourths three-fourths and full lengths, shaded 
and across the line. 



:wz 



Lesson two 

"This circle contains six strokes; each of which 
can be made into four lengths; shaded for a fol- 
lowing "s, z or tion" sound, and all upward or 

J £ parallel strokes can be written through or 

'""" .under the line of writing for the following "t, 

.TY.L^.thord." 

Select all of the developed words you can find, build 
and write sentences and phrases from them like this: 



l < :;,. 



You are to own all of* the* wood and ice in the 

...£■ :V" ..:i.-^i* v j ./.... 

woods. Are you. as ill as AMs? 

j "^ r / ( ..../ lu 

*Seb page 14 "Extracted Vords"/for outlines. 



You or 

06 une oom your. yule<use uze Ute ude used 

C C c C. L.r r, f .. f r 

ah on aim are 611 ahs ahz aht odd ahst 

^ 2. rx. XVp r^ ^ :v 

wdb one woom were wool Jwoos-z wot-d wust 

w Ii u . u _J Lz u j =;- 

e een erne ear eel ease ees eat~^ead TOst 

it 



L_...^ l. Li <L L. u. u. u 

owe own ome eait ole owes ose oat otre oS1 

J .' i ci i i j l i 

a ain aim ayer ail I ace a's ate aid 'aids f 



6 



Lesson Three 



"^" These two circles contain six strokes; each of 

^^N y^^which can be made into four lengths; shaded 
" *^.f or ^ f u ow j n g « s? z or tion" sounds, and 

wS^vritten through the line of writing for a follow- 
"t, th or d" sound. 




Select all of the developed words you can find, build 
and write sentences and phrases from them, like this: 



Al wants you or I to sawf antl weigh the 

./... JBW... .. C^....^<^.... . ./.. . v _ . .±^.. / \. 

i£e as *Ed is too* ill to* do* it. 

/_< -. C - " C 

*See page"l3 "Extracted words" for outline. 
tSee page for "seh" in Regular Consonant. 

Wah wan worn war wall was-z wot-d waust 
waiT\ ~v ' — -v^- ^ — ^ 

weh wen wem wear wail ways-ce walt-d \N^st 

wih win wim Wier v wiil wis-z weecCa* wist 

rit-d 




v«^: r: \~.... ;s_ : r^-r- ->~. sc; .v 

wa wan warn ware wal was-z wat-d wast-a 




aust 



•oost 
ust. 



After the strokes in these lessons have been thor- 
oughly learned, a spirit of rivalry may be incited by having 
the students drill on one group after another for about 
ten minutes, each, then time them to see who can write 
the most accurate characters. 



Combined Vowel Strokes 

The "yih" or "ye" stroke is a half circle; but 
the others are combinations. 

Yih-ye Exercise Seventeen 

Ye yin ' yim year yiel yees-z yit-d yeast 

C c . ~.x C '-C- £ G G 

wy wine wime wire/ wile wise wite wide 

O C. 52 O^Q O. B /o.. 

yah yon yam yar yahl yas-z yachted yahst 

Q <l Q c\. ex is. a qv 

yeh yen yem yer yell yes-z^ yet-d yest 

U ^ C O..CL>..O......G £=■ 

yuh yun yer yum yul .yus-z yotrt>d ybtret 

?*Ll6 <LZ.c CJ..U ^ Cj- 

yaw yawn yaum yawl yaus-z yawf-d yatfst 

SesuSm Cr C^1..L^. c^ c^ 

yea, yane yame yair Yale yace yeas yaxe-d 

.?^"...„.. ...-». .N. ^ ' ■ \— — — V— — I 

SPECIAL INSTRUCTIONS 

On the pages following these drill exercises, is 
printed matter to be dictated to the student as new 
matter from start to finish. 

This should not be started until the students 
have become thoroughly established upon the habit 
of forming perfect outlines; for they will drift from 
the time they commence taking dictation. 

There is enough repetition in j this printed mat- 
ter to lead any student up to universal dictation; 
therefore, it should be dictated for transcription and 
intercommune dictation for speed. 

8 



Regular 
X A inch 



VOWEL CHARACTERS 

Shortened Lengthened Doubled 

K inch % inch H inch 



You 

00 f~ 



une 
ume f 



your _ 

you're / 



you'll 
yule 



yih 
ye 



ih 



1 



ee 
5 



wih 
we 



C 



year 



1 



^_ 



in 
im 



ear 



c 



yiel 



een 
erne 



k_ 



eer 



4 



ill 



U 



i_ 



eel 



win 
wim 



we re 



_^. 



v^ 



will 
weal 



£ 



i 



t 




woo 

wuh ) 



dbh 
uh 



eh 
e 



aye 
ae 



aw 
au 



aa 

w 

a 



weh 
way 



oy 
oi 



ow 
ou 



wah 
wau 



ah 
5 



eye 

I 



w> 



z 



oh 

owe \ 



\ 



~} 



won 
one 






were 



^1 



wool 
wul 



un-oon ^j 
um-dbm ^j 



oor 
er 



dbl 
ul 



en 
em 



_s-^ 



e er 
ere 



ell 
L 



ane 
aim 



ayer 



ail 
ale 



awn 
aum 



or 



all 
awl 



an 
am 



air 
heir 



wen 
wain 



wear 
weigher 



/- 



Al. 



well 
wail 



own 
ome 



o er 
oar 



ole 
oal 



om 
oim 



^ 



oyer 
awyer \ 



oil 



own 
oum 



our 
hour 



owl 
oul 



wan 
worn 



war 



wall 



on 
om 



-> 



are 



J2!l 



me 
lme 



ire 
igher 



A- 



ol 



These vowel characters 



may be 
9 



4 



aisle 
I'll 



ombined. 




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CONSONANT CHARACTERS DEVELOPED 

The consonant characters are composed of circles, half, 
circles and very short dashes; only 1-12 of an inch in dia- 
meter or length. 

•The circles are: Peh beh keh geh 
o o • • 

They should be drilled upon until the student can make 
them perfectly round, (never larger than 1-12 of an inch 
in diameter) while writing them, and yet make a clear 
distinction between the large, small and the circle dot. 

Then join them to all of the vowel characters in the 
most natural way possible, as follows: 

pay ape bee again cow up bone hope"* oak 

^±L4=? t_..Z" *2 ^ I I J 

pad pass act boy coon gun squaw walk ox 

../ / _JL 1 £ ^ <T> Z> 3 

Then express the sound of seh before a consonant 
sound at the beginning of a word and the seh following it 
at the end of a word, by shading the consonants and join- 
ing them to the vowel characters; as 

peak speaks six scale escapes squaw walks 

JL., C :&:....*— :.^-*z* ^n. i>.. 

Express a teh or den sound following the consonant 
by' joining it at the end of a vowel that extends below the 
line of writing, as follows: 
packed kept talked inked wept dubbed winged 

After a thorough drill upon the circles; divide the 
large circle these ways: ..£--'-«!■---—--£--- and use the halves 
and the dividing strokes for the rest of the 'single- conso- 
nants. 



10 



CONSONANT CHARACTERS DEVELOPED. 

The half circles and dividing lines are grouped accord- 
ing to each division of the circle, thus: 

circle, teh, heh, deh; circle, leh, reh, veh; 

Q v — a <D C i D 



circle, jeh, cheh,' theh, feh; circle, neh, seh, meh. 

0C<s NO 0O/J 



Join these strokes and circles to all of the vowel char- 
acters (after you have established a habit of forming per- 
fect characters), both before and after them, being very 
careful not to make them longer than 1-12 of an inch in 
length and always with as sharp an angle as possible or 
a complete blending, where it can be done without deform- 
ing or obscuring either character while writing them 
rapidly; as examples; 

Tune, doom, you've, we've, tan, add, sat, sad, 

c rf- <?_._Sj.. / A t V 

time, dime, Tim, dim, 'twill, twice, those, this, 

"> 1 LS^LtJH i t 

town, dumb, doubt, dwell, when, what, wish, she 

JT Mi! — J^Sa^ > =■**» ^-'...X. 

• The following "ur" sound is expressed by crossing the 
outline of an adjoining stroke, as example: 1 

"Paper, pray, price, Greece, eager, crow, grow. 

tL - fi . *= I i- ^ T : 1 

Circles mav be made longer to express the sound of 
"ul" following their sounds, as example: 

Play, apple, "able, couple, cling, uncle, English 

ZT </ ~~ ** c ^ * 

These should be joined to all of the vowel characters, 
being careful to make them just right. 



U 



CONSONANT CHARACTERS DEVELOPED 

To these consonant characters are added the follow- 
ing sounds by these changes in their forms: 

ur ul un-m fh-vh kh-gh seh-zeh 



Peh 


P ei > 


9* ff 


pen-m pef-v 
Got 9 


pec-g speh-pes 

9 O 


beh 


ber^ 


^O 


ben-m ^ bef-v 

(0 9 9 


bec-g bes-sh 


keh 

o 


ker 


kel 




ken-m kef-v 


kec-g skeh-kes 


geh 


ger y 


gel^ 


gen-m gef-v 


gec-g ges-z 


jeh^ 


jer s 


jel 


jen-m jef-v 


jec-g jes-z 


cheh 


cher 
S 


chel 


chen-m chef-v 


chec-g ches-z 


feh 


fer 


fel 
2 


fen-m fef-v 


fec-g fes-z 


Theh 
\ 


ther 


thel 


then-m thef-v 

* m y 


thee-g thes-z 


•veh 


ver 


vel 


ven-m vef-v 
* 3 


vec-g ves-z 


leh c 


ler 


lel ? 


len-m lef-v. 
<S S 


lec-g sleh-les 
* < C 


.reh ( 




rel. 


ren-m ref-v. 


rec-g ser-res 
J 1 


teh 


ter 


tel ' 


ten-m tef-v 
^ o 


tec-g steh-tes 

V5 W V 


deh 


der 


del 


den-m def-v 


dec-g des-z 


heh_ 


her 


hel 


hen-m hef-v 


hec-g hes-z 


sheh 


sher 

■n 


shel 


shen-m shef-v 


shec-g tious 


neh 
c 


ner 
n 


nel 

(X. 


nen-m nef-v 


nec-g sneh-nes 
*r re 


seh / 


ser^ 


sel^ 


sen-m^ sef-v. 


sec-g ses-z 
V / 


meh 


• mer 


mel 


men-m mef-v mec-g smeh-mes 



X2 



WORDS DEVELOPED AND EXTRACTED FROM 
CONSONANT CHARACTERS 

The sound of teh, theh or deh are added to their names 
when written below the line of writing, as: 



Per peck bell spell be © 
^ o & <? ,p U t i but could cut good cut 

purse pence pulse keg 1 ^ o ' • • • • 
<9 <o & * best guest spend spent 

Jeff jems chess check © • "to & 

S t <* just Gent, ject chest fed 

for fence thus the their ** ** ^ <- "> 
-v "* % \ ^ feet first felt foot food 

then them thence "feff of ** > Z ~> ~> 
4 ^ t ? * let-d lest vent vert left 

less verse lull -iens leg C © ■■ » s 

* ^> S 7> *^ lert lent-d lect ledge 

to are wreck Ref. Reg. ^ <i g s_ 

v ' J U ^ tread tent-d tempt tect 

stir Stell stem turn-m * ** w ** 

^ C ** (r stent-d stead dead debt 

does dell dense deck ° y> ?* n 

^ o ^ /* dirt durst delt dent dect 

her hen' hem tial ness ** ™ ^^* ^ ^ ** 
-i -» *t f nea ^ hurt held should »hut 

Nell none numb nough men^*" 7 "* *" 

<r /» o net-d next met must ment-d 

c? 

Sir sell sense mense r J ** 

$ C 6 3 said cent sect 

have learn turn from * much such 

-» «* tr 



13 



REGULAR CONSONANT CHARACTERS 

Sen then teh den pen beh keh gen jen cheh 

reh neh meh hen, veh leh fen ing tion (or) 
i r ~> — } c -> • — r 

EXTRACTED WORDS 

teh for to-two, deh for do, theh for the, 
veh for of, beh for be. 

DOUBLE CONSONANT CHARACTERS 

preh breh creh greh treh dreh freh 
per "P ber ^ ker * ger * ter " der n fer* 

pleh bleh^ cleh gleh^ tel fel 2 del 
pel bel ' kel gel ° let vel c c 

ler tef def ref ^ lef s tief ttireh 
& tev w dev ° rev lev " hev ~" ther" 

her turn dern fern-vern learn ingly 
~* term firm ^ *^ « 

pec bee tec dec fee chec jec rec nee mec 
vec tiec lee ted det men 

EXT^CTED WORDS 

Fer for for, ther for there or their, hev for have. 
■ ~ RULES 

Shade for seh or zeh ; as, s-tay or act-s. Write 
below the line for following t or d. A natural nar- 
row hook for the following: n, m or ment; as, 
gent -nr- gem J& judgment ^ 

Cross former outlines with following ones for 
intervening com; as, >• ' — _ 

Shade for "tion;" as, "recommendation."_2£ZI 

14 



FIRST CIRCLE VOWELS 



I am out in the air. An ounce of oil is in 
the aisle. The oil is at the end of the aisle. 
Our ice is out in the air. 

Ere I'm out in 111., Ide is to have an Int. in 
the oil. As Ed is to have the ice, Al is to oust 
the ants out of the oil. Is an ant in the oil? 

S. N. Airs is to have the isle. Airs is in 
Ind. Ed is to have an Int. in the oil. Al N. 
Errs is to have ice at once. 

The ice is out in the air, and an ounce of 
oil is in the aisle. Have you oil in an eye? I'm 
to oust the oil out of the eye, as I am to insure 
the eyes. The ice is for Ed, Ide, Al and S. N, 
Airs, 



2 SECOND CIRCLE WORDS 

You E ah one 



own 



C. L, 



3: 



-) 



use ear odd 

C L. =x 

Ute eel on 



were 



j. 

word 



aim 



oar 



ease 



alms 



your jT_ 

r~_ c 

You'll v^^eat are 

^ Z} 

east ^— art 



wood 
would 



old 1 



once 




worst 

oh J ai 

owe \ 



1 



eight 
ate 



aid 130 words 



Ah, you are to use the wood, oil and wool 
we have, are you? You will owe us for it. 
We own oil, wood and wool on the isle. 

As we were in the East, a Ute ate eight 
eels and used your ale. Once I owned one of 
the worst old owls in the East. Oh ! an ant is 
on your ear. I would have you use your own 
words. In the East, the use of words is an 
art. I have to use your alms for our aid, for 
I am out of Wood, ice, oil, wool and ale. It 
is odd for you to have to use our aid. I have 
to eat, out on an, isle, at eight. Eight of you 
use our oars at once. 



Oval Vowels. 

Was we way wear ware 



un ought 

u aught 



129 words 
I was in the war ere you went to the war. 
We went out West with Will and Walt. On the 
way, we were all well as usual. Once Walt was 
ill. On the eighth ult, APs weight was one- 
eight-two, and I weighed two-oh-two, or 182 
and 202. We have to weed the isle. With Will, 
we'll win. Walt went o'er the wall. I want 
you to wait for us, as you're on your way to 
the old wall. Will your wool wear as well as 
our wool? Once we're on the way, you'll wail 
for us. You'll waste all of the ice, out in the 
air. Would you weigh all of the wood, ice and 
wool we have, or waste it? You ought to wait 
for Walt to use it 



Combined Vowels. 



Yeast 



yea 



c 



c_ 



yes 



L 



wide 



year 



Yale 




c 



yet 



wine 



G 



r 



yawn 



c- 



yell 



wire 



York . " wy 

Ld V} 

yawl wise 




124 words 

For eight years, we used your yeast. Our 
oats will yield well this year. As I was at Yale, 
we used your yacht. In the wiles of the west, 
we are to use your wine. Yet it is wise for 
us to wait. 

■ Our oats, on your yard, will yield well as 
all of the weeds are out of it. The wild Ute 
yells for the Yale. Yes, you were wise to wait 
for us, as we have all of the ale and wine you 
will use in 8 hours. The Utes are away: one 
went West and one went East, and one went 
to war. 

I want Walt to see us at once ; Ed and Al 
are as wild as the Utes are, 



Consonant Word. 5 

Put , could says two dead 

to 

pet cut set test just 

said jest 

be good guess ' do jet 

bee ° ' • 

but guest thus does chest *' 

bet \ l 

bed get * the debt chess * 

Sir | read rest net nest 

ness r red Ned 

». r r- 

143 words 

I guess your guest will get a rest. We 
could put good wood on the wall; but we would 
have less use for it. Could you get Ned to 
rest in the bed? Ed said, "We are to cut the 
wood for Ned." Two of us are to test the ice 
we use. Do you owe the Ute a just debt? 
Our guest is too old to let you do it. Sir, did 
you test the owl's nest? Sir, Ed will use your 
chest, unless you use it. We read of a wild 
doe. We have a set of good chess for you. 
Ed put lead in the owl's nest. 

Is the debt Al owes, for ice we use? Al 
does thus and thus, so Ed will bet with Al. 
The just are the best, but we are all just in our 
own eyes? 



6 



Consonant Words. 



Mess 


let 
led 


have 
half "■ 


of the 


learn 


must 


lead 


first 


for the 


Rec. ^ 


head 


less 
c 


for 

-v 


bell " 

<7 


Rev. , 
Ref. 


fed 


should 


her 

-t 


tell 

c 


refer 


ns 

vest 


shun r 
tion - 


to do 
to the 


their 
there ^ 


letter 


felt * 


test 


left 


self 

S 


fell z 


meant 
ment J 


** 

men 


turn 
term 


• 





110 words ■ 

We must let you have half of the rest of 
the wood, we cut. Rev. S. L. Wood will have a 
rec. of your first term. Our refer, to your let- 
ter of the eighth, was meant to learn your 
ways at the Yale. 

You should shun the first guest, you met. 
Tell them, there are ways to be out of debt, 
should they use them. The bell you have is 
the one we used. Ned lead half of the men, 
and was at the head of all of the rest. We 
learned that you turned as you fell. You, your- 
self felt ill. Should you shun her, you must 
shed your vest for the rest of the year. 



Seh Stroke Joined to Vowels. 

Sit sound send site 

( J. _ *•■)•■ 

Sims sour sell cite 

1 CZ ce L^^ s 

sin ^ sent soil ^ side 

5 



•f 



cent 



Sear * scent .sigh . \ sign 



( 




since * sence sat sad 



/ : / 



Sam sand 

1 ■: / 



120 words 

Would it be well for you to sit on the 
sand? The bell sounds good. It is a sin for 
M. E. Sims to sear the ants. We are to sell 
the sand. I sighed as I sat by your side on the 
site of our old (town) as you cited me to the 
weird sights of the war. Sam said, we were to 
sell the soil as sand, to R. N. Sears; since we 
are old. I sent eight cents for oil, to scent your 
waist. Since you sold our wood, we must have 
you put into a cell. We sat on your wall and 
read your sign. Your sign said, you have oil 
to sell for 82 cents. 



8 



Seh Stroke Joined to Vowels. 



sold 

. i 

suit / 



soon 



f 



sod 
Psalm 



see seen 

sea \^ scene ^ 



seat seem 

seam *■ 



say 
Sade 



* *t sein 

ceased seal ^ same 

.1. ce ^ 

seize soul 4 \^ Saint 

^ ^w sole 



saii_ 
sale" 



so-sew 
sow 1 



soar 
sore 



sown 



i 



125 words 

We sat on a seat on the sand of the sea 
and could see you sail in your yacht. As soon 
as we sowed the seed in the sod, we sailed out 
to the sea. It seems an hour since Sade sewed 
a seam in her suit. All of our soil is sand, so 
I sold it in the same hour you sowed your oats. 
It seemed to us to be a wise act. Ed is to sue 
Sam; and in the suit, Ed is to say all he said 
to you. As Sade was out at sea with us, we 
saw eight seal. Al is to seal the letter ere it is 
sent away. The saint said, "You should save 
your soul." Sue said, "Sade was a saint." 



Seh Stroke Joined to Vowels. 



9 




125 words 

A swain saw a swan swim on the sea and 
the swain sought to swat the swan. A son 
of a Swede sold some swine to the swain for 
a sum. As soon as the wood is sawn the Swede 
will use the saw to saw some ice. A certain 
son of a sailor sought a sort of salt, the sailor 
said was seen in the sands of the sea. Could 
you swollow sea-salt? Are we to scent the 
sweet cented seed? Ed said we are to sweat 
ere the sun sets. We were out in our yacht 
and Sade swayed the yacht so, we all sighed. 
We saught the seats on the West side of the 
woods, so we could see the sea.' 



10 Theh Stroke Joined to Vowels. 



this thy ^ thee those 

thin > thine v * these . they 

thou than / theme they're 

^ ' L 



then * that though . they'H 

/. 1 1 

them ^ thumb thaw thought 



115 words 

This is thy theme, thou saidst it is thine. 
These three thought were with us : will the ice 
thaw? is it thin, or are we to sail through it? 
Then we saw that the air was warm. Those 
that thought they would sail through the thin 
ice, saw these swells on the sea. They'll let 
us sail out to sea. They say the sun is cer- 
tain to thaw the ice. Sam put a thumb onto 
an ear and said, "That ear will thaw, also." 

The Swede saw a swain use a wood-saw to 
saw ice, and was with them as they put the 
ice into your yacht. Some one saw a certain 
Sioux swim out to your yacht, at sea. 



Teh Curves Joined to Vowels 



ii 




133 words 

Tis time for us to till the soil. Tim put 
two towels into the tower. Ten men toiled 
for hours to get to town. They are tired and 
tears are in the eyes. We tied our tent, tight, 
to some tile ; yet the wind will tilt the tan tents 
as it would a toy, for the wind is so tense. This 
wind will turn the tide. A tier of tin tires are 
in the old tower and put some oats into it. 

Tell Ed, that we have thought of that 
town so much and the times we have in your 
tent. The old Swede was in town for a year, 
and this Swede told us to learn all we could 
about you and your ways. 



12 Teh Curves Joined to Vowels 



Two tools r tot 'twere 




too k ^n 

tune _ T Tom tow • 

c L. ; a 1. 

tomb tease tar ^_ toad 

c V J4 4 

tour ^-— team tart ,__ toes ., 

■ : C aL ^ l 

tame tier 'twould tale 

yrr te ? r \^r *J **^ 

tone u tore u told .. taste 



i 1 



122 words 

Two of your toys are in tune. Tom T. 
Tart told us to tell you that they were out of 
town this year, and it would be too much for 
them to take ten ton of tame Timothy to town 
for you. Ted told us the tale of the "Toad and 
the toast." Our team will take the tar to town 
for you. 

'Twere well for you to tour around the 
old tombs. Tom will tease Ted, and tell the 
tot it is out of tune with the toads- Ted tore 
his toe on a tack. Did Ed taste the tart. A 
tame swan swam toward our yacht, and out 
into the tide. The owl is too old to eat the 
toast. 



Teh Curves Joined to Vowels 13 



Toward ton 

1 tun 

tweed taught 

..%-. *£* ^ 



twin twil twine ^^ 



120 words 

At twilight we tossed our tents into the 
auto. The tents were of twill and tied tight. 

We tossed, in our yacht, on the tide, as 
we sailed out to sea. It was at twilight that 
we sailed out on the tide and sold our yacht 
to Ed. 

With our team, wo towed ten ton of tim- 
othy to the old tower. The twins were with 
us, and they tossed the timothy into the tower 
with the "two-tines.) 

A tall Ute sold us some twine and taught 
us the way to twist the twine. 

Twice ten is twenty. 

The twine is taut at all times, as we twist 
it. 

Towards twilight the sun will set. 

The weeds will twine the tall thyme and 
the oats. 



14 Shaded Teh Curves Joined to Voxels. 



Stint 



Stella 



steel 
steal 




stem 
stood 



stair 
stare 



i 



State 



stay 
staid 



steam 

^ 

stain w— stole 



store 



\ 



1 



126 words 

Was Stella in style, with a sty on her eye? 
The stewart stood on the stair. See Ella 
start at the steam of the stew. The swain 
could stand on stilts and steal the steel saws. 
Sam stole the stew as he stood on stilts. Our 
ensign is a star for the state. All states have 
stars. As I sat on a stool in your store, I saw 
the stewart stint Stella, and he let her have 
less of the stew. We are to start tm a sail 
in your steelyacht. Ell tossed a stone into the 
tide of the sea, as it tossed itself over and 
over the stones. A stout old Swede stood on 
the stone wall as the tide tossed all around 
him. 



Deh Curves Joined to Vowels. 15 



Did 


f 


doubt 


dent 


dam 

2 


din 




douse ^^ 


xir 

dense lA 


dance 

/ 


dim 


c 


down ^^ 


dell c 


dare 


dint 


...r. 


dower 


delt 


die j 


dear 


C" 


den 


Dan 


dial ^ 


dice 


\ 


dine rv 


dime 



dyer X 
dire J 



128 words 

Did you doubt that your dower, Dan D. 
Dent, was dead? Dear old Dan died on the 
tenth of Dec. They are to have a dance down 
in the dell. Ed Stewart wants you, to dye that 
tan suit. Sade Dyer did not dine with Al. 
Stone in the dim twilight. Do you dare to 
have dice in the tower. Al will douse Ed in 
the sea. We dealt with you as We sold our lot 
to Dan Stone. Did you have a store in the 
dell? In the dint of time we went into the 
den, dense as the woods were. You dared us 
to do so, so we went. Dear Stella, Ed is to 
dance with you and I am to dance with Al. 



16 Deh Curves Joined to Vowels. 

Dew deed done dote 

j^~ n dun *■** 1 

due - dean * dumb don't . 



Dane date V_ dart _ doll 

-r„ J^: ^ 

dame dale dwell dot 



r\. 



r* 



134 words 

A Dane that dwelt in the dale saw a doe 
dart out of the door of a dwelling and down 
to the dale. The Dane started for it, and a 
dame saw the Dane and said, "Don't you dare 
'down' the doe." Did you see any deer out in 
the woods? The Dane could dine on a dime 
All day, the deer were in the dale and the dame 
said it was a dull day for the deer. Ed is 
doomed to eat dates for two days. Dan and 
Sam are to have a duel today. Will you put 
a dot on the date for the duel. The dual 
to the dell and the date are due to Dan's doubt 
about the dance. 



Peh Circle Joined to Vowels. 17 



120 Words. 

Ed Powell poised a pan on a point of a 
pen and penned words to Sam about the deed. 
Pat passed a pair of pet deer on his way to 
town, and stole the deer. 

Tom Powell, a pal of Pat's, sold the deer 
for ten pence, a pan of paint, a pound of 
Pierce's pills, eight pints of wine, some date 
pies, and some pears. They pared a pair of 
pears to eat, and they sat in a pew as they 
ate the pears. 

Pat put the point of a pin in a pie and 
passed it to Tom. They put a pint or two of 
pineapple in the pew. I saw Pat pout as he 
passed the pier. 



18 Peh Circle Joined to Vowels. 



Poo piece p peel p pond 

£~~ P ea . se . \_ jpeal L <?>>.. 

pure /- pace Pierce \ palm 

Q. 




/— pace i lerce \ 

^ - - — 4 

poor ^— Peat pa par ,-. 

- -C. fe a - _ ^ 

pool f peer pot 

* rr t -rA 

pea Q paid pod 

Pope o Pose ft post 

I I f 



126 words 

Poor Peat Pierce will have to pod the peas 
and put them in a pot. We paid Ed Poe for a 
piece of pie for Ed to have. 

Part of our "pard's" palms are in the 
pond. The peer will pay the pale Dane for a 
pail of ail. The bell will peel ere you peal the 
pears. Pa poured a pail of wine into the pans. 
Peat poured a pint of ail onto the stone-steps. 
A pole is at the polls- Two paces away, we put 
a pad onto a piece of pure pine tar. 

Would the Pope pose for you, or rir he 
say "poo?" We are paid to post a letter. 



Peh Circle Joined to Vowels. 19 



Paste paw pump spice 

ts= °^ oS 1 

pain pause per ^ spin 

pane 



5 



O^ 



pun pull / spout spouse \ 



spoil c spat span ^ spare q 
^ •-• / " 1 

125 Words. 

Could you spare Paul for the space of an 
hour? We could pay Paul two pence per 
hour. A span of bays sped past us. The spy 
said: "My spouse will have the purse to pay 
for the spice, pins, and so forth," and he. 
paused to use a pun, but I said, "I s'pose Til 
pull part of it." He spun a pot of oil and 
spilled some out of its spout onto my new suit 
and spoiled it. Paul pulled a pin out of his 
palm and said, "It pains me." An ape put its 
paw onto our pump and pulled at it, as it saw 
us do. Soon it sped away. It seems to be so 
pert. Paul is that ape. Could you spell all 
of these words? 



20 Shaded Peh Circle Joined to Vowels. 




s'pose bid 

f-\ £ 

space been ^ 

*— e 

spade bier * 

*- & 

Spain Bill 

C : 

bit built 

■ ■ C 

about bound 




vs 



117 Words. 



In spite of the spear, for the space of an 
hour, Spain spared the Spartan. 

The men are about to build a spire. 

Dan spun a spool on a spear-point. 

The men are sparse about the well, as it 
is about to spout oil for some space about 
itself. Bill has been on the bough of a pine 
for some time. Bert said he was bound to 
bid for the well, if it is for sale. Ed bowed 
to Sade as they were about to sail for Spain. 
They will bear the dead on a bier for the space 
of an hour. S'pose you use our spade to spade 
up the soil for a bed of beets. 



Beh Circle Joined to Vowels 21 

Bower ^ boy . bind bare Q 

zl_.. .°\ .g bear / 

abound Boyd buyer baird 

» l-v«+- I--. ,-v s^ 4- 



Ben boil ^ A bat boot 

- \ ;. .f... 

bend by \ bad boost 

& - b -?y u .; f.... 

bent bite bass n boon ^ 



5 - L 



boom 



•Qty - •/• *. .....eZ.... 

126 Words. 

Ben Boyd bought a ball and bat of a bad 
boy. The ball burst with but a dozen bats. 
A buyer went East and bought boots, bands, 
balls, bats and some ties. Bill Boyd was bit 
by a bear. They say bears abound in the 
woods about Ben's lot. 

Business will boom, by and by, said Bert. 
Ed Baird says it will be a boon to you if you 
boost the boom of the town. A band of ban- 
dits are said to have been seen in Ed Boyd's 
bower. An elm board will stay bent if you 
bent it when it was wet. Will you buy a bass 
to eat? "Bert was bitten on his bare arm by 
the bear," said Sade Bowers, "as Bert was 
about to stab it." 



22 



Beh Circle Joined to Vowels. 



Bow Q 

beau j 

Beast 

- t 

boat 
abode 



bore 



board 



i 




bowl 
bole 



x 



bait 
bate 



bolt 



1 



bade 



baste 
beam 




bone 



% 



bail 
bale®" 



bond 



.£.. 



<3Y 



125 Words. 



We have two oars and a boat; with them, 
we are to row on the bay. Ella's beau owns 
a bow and arrows. We were all out in our 
boat on the bay, with bait and his bow and 
arrows. We ate a bowl of bean soup, some 
beets and some baked bass. Ella tore her 
waist and basted it. Our boss beat us in a 
race. Our abode is above the bay. Water 
seeped by a bolt into our boat and a boy seized 
a bail of a pail and bailed out the water. I 
bade Bert to bind the bolt so the water would 
not seep in. A beast buried a bone in the 
barnyard, but we tossed the bone into the bay. 



Keh Circle Joined to Vowels. 



23 



Kit 
kiss 



count 



coy 



<rs 

cower coin 



1 



can 



/° 



can't 




129 Words. 

Kate Q. Keat went out to Cal. with Kittie 
K. Kent. A count kissed Kate good-bye and 
Kate called the count a coward. 

A bear killed a cow and the count did not 
have the courage to kill the bear. Kate is a 
kin to the count — a cousin. 

They came to Kansas City in an ox-cart 
and Al Kent killed a coon on the way out. 

Al owns a kit of tools, and he cast one at 
the coon, which killed it. "Can you take care 
of our cat?" said Kate, to the count. The cat 
is cute and coy. It will coil up on the back of 
our cow, but the cat will cower at the sight 
of a coon. 

Have you the keys to our abode? 



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Keh Circle Joined to Vowels. 



Key 



coat 



L 



Keat 



keen 



cart 



count 



4, 




quart 



<n\ 

Kate coast 



cone 



calm 



cane 



.^ 




comb 



car 



came 



core 



quell Quay 



137 Words. 

Our guest bought eight quarts of Cal. 
wine. Of course, it had to be cold, so we put 
it into our ice-box. One day the cork came 
out of the can it was in and the wine went all 
through the ice-box. The wine was cold, but 
he was calm and didn't seem to care. Kate 
cut open a pine cone to see the core. Ed Keys 
bought a kite so as to see it sail in the air o'er 
the coast. In case our cane is to be cut, can 
we call on you to do so ? 

The keel of our boat combs the sand as 
we come opposite the shore. We were in 
quest of a queer old coast, to which we could 
steer our yacht. I put my coat into your car. 



Keh Circle Joined to Vowels. 



25 




116 Words. 



Squire Case of Keokuk, Iowa, is to have 
some quinine at cost. One of his cult called 
on the squire and quizzed him about the 
quinine. 

The queen caught a lot of quail with a 
cord tied to a quince- 
It cost a six-pence to be in the choir and 
it will cause you to quit that queer "quilting 
bee" of yours. 

I wrote a letter to you with an old quill 
pen. 

We came to kill the quail you thought you 
caught. 

Can you call for us in a week or so and 
take us out for a sail in your yacht? 

You are quite welcome to the use of our 
yacht to sail on the bay. 



26 Shaded Keh Circle Joined to Vowels. 



Skin 



skim 



scout 



scant 



$ v 

scour scare 



./>.. 



skew 



scoot 



c 




121 Words. 

It is quite a scheme to skate to school on 
skees. With the skees you can scoot o'er the 
ice. 

You should use care or your skees will 
skid. 

It takes skill to scull a boat or a scow on 
the bay. 

Should you scan the skies, you will see 
that they are all o'ercast. 

Could you skim o'er the ice on skates that 
way? 

It is easier than "skinning the cat." 

Say scat ! and it will scare the cat. 

It is scarce six hours, and I'm at school. 

Scouts scoured the state for the spies. 

In the course of an hour school will be 
out and you can skate all you desire. 

Our scheme is to skate on skees. 



Geh Circle Dot Joined. 



27 



scum 



a^ 



skull 
scull 



skein 
scale 



squeeze gad 

<*■ /. 

squeal gallon 



Scott score - 

^ ] 

scar squad 

^ 

skate square gown 




128 Words. 

A score of boys are to skate on the pond. 

Our guide killed a goose on the square of 
a town out west. 

The guide led a squad of scouts. 

N. K. Scott will wear a scar on the skull 
for some time. 

A skein of yarn was squeezed into a gap 
in the wall. 

Scott bought two gallons and eight 
ounces of oil of Ed Boyd. 

Dan caught a bass by the gills; Ed has 
the gout in his big toe, and Bob will tip the 
scales at 182 pounds. 

Tom is full of guile and gads about. 

The pig will squeal if you squeeze it into 
that space. 

You should skim the scum off the oil. 

The square is in the center of town. 



28 Geh Circle Dot Joined. 



'Gould /^ gafd goat gate 

geese good goar gage 

^"** * * V 

gear gun . goard gaze 

■ C ^ L 

got gum goal gain 

3 ^ ' 

gar go gay 

^ L -z 



game 



123 Words. 

K. C. Gould was in a game of chess. 

Gould was asked to guard the guns. 

Did you see the old ox gore the goat, or 
the goat butt the ox? I got a gun and killed 
the ox. ' 

The gay old guard let the boy have the 
gun. 

Did you see the geese go East today? 

Our auto is out of gear. 

A gar took our bait, so we caught no bass. 

At that gait you will reach the goal. 

The girl gazed at us as we passed out of 
the gate. 

I gained eight pounds in the past week. 

Good, we will go out West, now. 

Give me a stick of gum and don't be so 
gay about it. 



Jeh Curve Joined. 29 



Gin 


gent 


Jew Gene . 

C ^ 


Jim 


"": ^ 

jar 


juice _ jear 


Joe 

\ 


: 7 

jem 


June /~ jeal ^ 


gill . 


joy v. 


jewel f jot ^^«— 

.4 ^ 


Jones V ^ 


join 


James John . 


jail 

V 


Jane 


Jake Jack . 



135 Words. 

Gents, on June 8th we are to join your 
brigade. 

James says John is full of joy. He, Jane 
and they were out boating all day. 

You jeer at this if you want, but John is 
a jewel. 

Joe G. Jones owns ten gallons of apple 
juice. 

Jones was in jail for it, at the time. 

Ten jars of jam and two gills of juice is 
just beyond that door-jam. 

Gene and Jewell Gould will join us. 

Gene gained eight games of chess. 

The coming June we are to go East o'er 
the C. B. and Q. R. R. and the M. K. and T. 
R. R. 

James Jones went out West on the M. P. 
R. R. 

We do not care for the course you take, 
just so we get to go with you. 



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Chev Curve Joined. 



Chin .. chat chime cheer t 

- L - - I .5 L- 

Chose chance child charr 

_,£_ I \ _ ^v 

chintz .. chant chew / chart 

i __, iL j^ 

chill chair choose chase 

I ; «r «— 

choice I chide cheat chain 

i 5 ^ *-. 

chore , chum ' chunk charge 

X- * ^ ^w 

114 Words. 



Did you see any chintz bugs in the rye 
today? I thought that chill would kill them. 

You have but one choice: We charge 
you for the chain, chairs, chart and the churn; 
pay up and you, will have the chance to cheer 
the child with the chimes. Your chum chose 
to do so, and it will be a good choice for you 
to do the same. You should not cheat us. 

Our choice is the charred wood. 

As you chew gum, do not chide the child 
for doing so. 

I wear a charm on my chain. 

Wipe off your chin, if you do not want it. 
Oh ! that pun is cheap. 



Reh Stroke Joined. 



31 



Writ 

< 

L 



rill 



round 



ram 



Wrist 



rim 



nnce 



row- 



Roy 



■PT 



./... 



\ 



rant 



rouse 



rout 



roil 
rat 



wren 



s 



write 
right 



> 



wright 
rite 



ran 



\ 




h~s 



rent 
rend 



wry 

rye 2 



rear 



rue room ' ream 

/I k' _4« 

ruse rule s^* reel rod 

f~ / real 



^ 



119 Words. 

Ella wore a wrist- watch, and a gold band 
around her wrist. Roy, will you row us o'er 
the bay? 

A ram ran at Roy and made him run. 

Rouse the cook and have her roast the 
turkey. Don't, you will roil the water. 

I wrote a letter and this is the writ. You 
should read it in this room. 

Ed Rice, as a rule, is a real good chum; 
only, the rum does cause him to reel. 

It is all right for the Millwright to write 
the rites of his order. 

The wind will cause the rye to stand 
awry. 

It will ruin you to tell the rude ruse to 
Roy. A rood is a rod in length. 



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Reh Stroke Joined. 



Rude 
rood 

row 



rote 
wrote *j 

reign 
rain-rain 



read 
reed 

roast 



roam 
Rome 

Ross 



ruin 



Riece 



•" 






roll 

wrought 

rate** 



Roy 
rage 
raid 



rode 
road m 

rose 



roan 
Rhone 

roar 



raise 
race 



rail u 



\ 



run 



kS 



rum 



125 Words. 

The ruler that reigns held to the rein as 
he rode his steed in the road through the rain. 

As I roamed o'er the road to Rome I saw 
a row of roses. 

The roll of the waves on the Rhone caused 
its water to roar as it ran into the ocean. 

The race is on, and they will run for some 
time. 

The scouts will raid the den for them. 

Roy Ross wrought all you told him to do. 
He wrote to us. 

Was the roast goose as good as the roast 
turkey? Roy Wright will roam all o'er the 
West. 

The rail on the edge of the quay is to keep 
you out of the sea. Don't you see what it 
is for? 



Neh Curve Joined. 



33 



Knit 



I 



annoy 



nigh 



r\ 



2 



Nile 



near 



now 



c 



noun 




night new 

knight r\ knew '/* 

newal XjEnee 

1.. 



Nan 



nine 



noon 



r 



an hour 



Nance nigher need 

7 ^ knead .« 

neat niece kneel 

ri 'l neal 



newer 



125 Words. 

Nell will knit a neat sweater for Ned. 

Were you on the Nile or Niger at night? 

No, it is noon and we need to eat. 

Your niece was in the room an hour ago. 

Nance is the name of our nurse. She is 
not a nigger but she is a negro, or negr£ss. 

I knew that you knew better. This is 
newer than that. 

They say Nan was on her knees nine 
hours; but this is news to us. 

This is nigher than that andjthat is newer 
than this. I bought it last week. 

There are no knights now days; but a 
gnat annoys Nell. It is nigh her nose. 

We have a neat newel-post at the foot of 
the stairs. 



34 



Neh Curve Joined. 



knot 
not 



note 



^ 



4 



name 
nail 
gnaw 
naught 



north 



snow 



.1 



nose 



1 



snear 



t 



Non 



<S 



snore 



snail 



nay 
neigh 



-\ 



snout 



snooze 



know 

™. j. 



snort 



nor 



sneeze 






116 Words. 

I did not untie the knot in the noose nor 
gnaw it. 

There is snow in the North and North- 
east. 

I know you would not nail that board to 
our cart. 

Would a pig sneeze if you put spice to its 
snout? Our old nag would snort and neigh. 
Nay, I do not thing so, nor do you. 

Do not sneer at these notes; they are all 
that I have. 

Well ! Ed will snore if he snoozes. 

I know the name of some of the men. 

The bird sang a sweet note for you. Did 
you notice it? 

Our niece can reach as high a note, on the 
scale, as anyone can. 

We have no snow north of us. 



Meh Curve Joined. 



35 



Mit 

t 

mid 

t 

Miss v 



mow 



ment 
meant 



mad 



/ 



mouse 



mend 



Mass. 



/ 



mount 



immense mast 



mist 
missed 



amount 



melt 



man 



/ 



men 



C 



/^ 

moist mat 



1 S 



manse 



X 



my 



i 



might 
mite 



5 



mice 

1 



mine 



120 Words. 

Miss Ella Means, of Niles, Miss., is my 
niece. Ella went with her aunt to Salem, 
Mass. 

You might see the "Man at the Mast," 
midway of your yacht. He is of an immense 
size. 

The men will mend the sails. Mat. Neil, 
I meant to tell you, that you are the one that 
ran from the mouse in the old manse estate. 
You know the mice have been bad about this 
estate. 

Mat can mount a steed as easily as the 
men can put timothy into the mow. The 
timothy is moist. 

That ice of mine will melt away. 

A mad man might meet you. We have 
roamed o'er these old states. We missed you 
at the mags meeting. 



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Meh Curve Joined. 



Mire 

3 

mile 

.-). 

mute J 



moose 



mow 



meet 
f* meat -/ "*""" 

moor ^^- mean ~ mote 

C ^ 1- 

mule x mere most 

1 




muse 



£.. 



me 



i_ 



meal 



moon 



mole 



A 



mold 



\ 



May 




moan 



mart v more 



125 Words. 

Miss May Moore met me and we rode on 
mules for more than nine miles o'er the 
meadow, until we met a moost mired in the 
mud beyond the moor. The moon was up and 
our mules reared and wood have run. 

Most of the men were mean to the moose 
and would have killed it for meat; but my 
mate, although mute, made them desist. 

A man will melt lead and pour it into a 
mold for bullets. 

A "mere man" is to mow the meadow. 

The moose moaned as we moved it out of 
the mire. 

We saw a mole in the moss near the mart. 

It amused me to meet the moose. 

We do not mean to kill the moose for 
meat. 



Meh Curve Joined, Shaded 



37 



Made 
maid 



mane-Maine mull 
main J — 



smell 




mayor 



Maud 



smite 



mail 
1 male " 



moss 



1 



smere 




117 Words. 

A maid, by the name of Miss Maud Mears, 
lives in Bath, Maine, on the main road to the 
market. ^ A mule ran away with her and she 
held to its mane. The mayor made the maid 
carry the mail. Mort Moss smiled at the 
maid's remorse. Maud said she would smite 
him with mud and smear it all over his face. 

Ed Murr raised maise for Bert Moss. 

Bert is a smart man — one of the smartest 
in Maine. 

Could you smell the moss as you passed 
through the woods? 

Maud is mum about the mail. 

The mayor paid Maud Mears to carry 
the mail to the next town. Maud said she did 
not mind it. 



38 Heh Stroke Joined. 



Do you hear Hal's hound. It has howled 
all day. 

Hal hid his hat in a hut and has had a 
hard time to get it again. 

Hal hums a hymn as he roams o'er the 
hills. 

I saw him as he held his sword by its hilt. 

Howard is to hoist our emblem o'er his 
house. 

Has he had his hat handed to him? 

"Hadst thou had a hen handy for sale, I 
wouldst have boughten it," said Howard. 

Her hair hangs o'er the hem of her waist. 

How would you wish to stay in that house 
on the hill? By yourself? 

Had he not hid his hat, he would have 
seen them hoist the emblem o'er the house. 



Heh Stroke Joined. 39 

High who whom heed 

J r.. r _ kz -• 

height whose ^ who're ^- here 

\ jTL 1. L- 

hide ' hue who'll ' f heel 
. Hugh^ J 

behind ' Hughes he hot 

* r. l. ,.-^ 

higher ' hoot heat nod 

hire ) f. 1+ ^ 

125 Words. 

Dan Hughes, who was behind the house 
when you tried to hide from us, would hoot at 
the idea of Hal going to the war. 

Who're you going to have in your auto I 
The hue of your eyes is of a high color. 

His height is six two, so he is taller, 
higher than you, is he not? I am on a higher 
seat than Hugh has, the man I hired to work 
for me. In whose house do you live? 

He'll not heed the heat, hot as it is. 

I hear that you have hid all of the hats. 

You had better "take to your heels" when 
the boys know of it. 

How're you to stop the scouts, who are in 
hot pursuit of the boys? 



40 



Heh Stroke Joined. 



Hard 

heart 



home 



haste 



whet 



hole 
whole 



hame 



when 



"^n whole 1 
^ hold j 



hoe 



I 



hale 
hail 



whence 



host 



hone 



1 



hay 
hate 



hope 



1 



what 



where 
wheat 



^V 



120 Words. 

Our host made haste to return home. 
I hate to have to hail him; he hates us 



so. 



The hames on our horses' harness were 
full of holes. How was it done ? 

We hauled a ton of hay to the barn. 

What is your wheat worth this year? 

Where did he go, or from whence did he 
come to this place? 

I haste to hand you your watch, which I 
hold in my hand. Had I held the watch on 
you, you would not have won that prize. 

I have to hone my razor, so that I can 
shave. 

My hair is coarse and my hand shakes. 

It is hard to hoe the hops that are in the 
hedge. 



Heh Stroke Joined, Shaded. 4i 

Whit hum shin shy 

, 3_ -^ 1 J 

whim hull shears shine 

** sheer 7 T 

whirr horse shout shoe 

wheel haul showers shoot 

hall - 



129 Words. 

Should you shoot a shower of shells you 
would be sure to hit the hall. 

Our horses hauled a whole load of shells 
to town. 

I hear that the whirr of the wheel is 
caused by its whirl. Oh, you hear the wheel 
hum, do you? Which is right? 

When the hull of a cocoanut hits him you 
ought to hear him shout. 

Not a whit of what he said was true. It 
is all a whim. 

The shy boy asked to shine his shoes. 

Would you shear the horse's mane? 

It made the horse wheeze to run so much. 

The hull of our boat leaked and it had to 
be hauled out of the water. 

Should you shoot a goose, we will cook it 
for you to eat. 



42 Sheh Stroke Joined. 



She show shame short 

!_ 1 _ ^ 

sheet shone shale shall 

l 1 =-, 1 

she'd ^r shore shot fit / 

vl I *\ t 

Sheen shoal shod first 

1 1 fV i 

sheer shade / pshaw finn 




shear *l I _ ^ X 



110 Words. 

The finns of the shad are coarse. 

First, we shall fit the shades for the 
show-window. 

Pshaw, that shot fell short of the mark. 

It is a shame to make that child shear the 
sheep. She could tend the shop. She'd do 
well. She is a sharp girl. 

We shod our horses within a short time. 

The shield is a polished sheen. 

Our steed sheered to the right when it 
saw the ship in shoal water. 

The sun shone just before we had that 
hard shower. 

It is a shame to shear the mane of your 
horses so short. 

Who shod your horses? One of their 
shoes is loose. 



Feh Curve Joined. 



43 




145 Words. 



Fear not, Phil ; Fay will not fight you. 

That is a fine fire to warm by, is it not? 

How fast can your horse pace? 

To kill that fowl is a foul act. I saw it 
as it fell. 

Can you fell a tree with that ax? 

How much is the fare into the fair? 

His face is quite fair for a Swede. 

Did you ever hear Foust talk? 

Oh, fie ; I felt fine for a few days. 

We put tin-foil on the finns of a shad in 
order to foil that man's effort to find out what 
kind of a fish it was. 

I find that you felled a fan-tailed hawk 
when you fired your gun. 

The big fat man fell off of the fence and 
we had to fan him. 



44 Feh Curve Joined. 



fewer _- feed 

-C~. x=~ 

fuel / feat 

X r tite V 

fuse fiend 'phone 

£. r ^ 1 

fend fee feast four 





fume *"* feel fort ^ forth 



V ^ \ 

fort w forth * 

- - - \z 3 \ 

139 Words. 

You file the letter in the letter- file; Til 
file this piece of steel while Ed. secures the 
four phones. 

I fear that you feel the heat too much. 

My feet are tired ! I have been all over the 
field. It is quite a feat to walk so much. 

I fear that your foe is quite a fiend to 
torture others that way. 

With good fuel and a good fuse I can start 
a fire at will. 

Our fee is fifty cents for your ride to the 
fort. 

I do not wish to offend you, but your feet 
are in our way. 

No fewer than four or five boys forced 
their way into the house. The fourth one 
went forth to fetch others. 

If the boys will go and fetch in the fuel, 
we shall have a fire. 



Feh Curve Joined. 45 



128 Words. 

It was not our fault that a font of type 
fell to the floor. 

Fay Ford was forced to fight one with 
whom he was fond to meet. It was not his 
fault. He felt as though he would faint. He 
failed to seek fame that way. 

He was fond of the music at the fane. 

Far out on the farm we saw a faun fall 
into a ditch. 

Fay's face was fair but he had dark 
hands. They were tanned, but the tan will 
fade away if he stays in the house. 

Wait until I phone to your father. - 

He will go and fetch a feast for you and 
me. 

For five hours we were out on the bay in 
our fine boat. 



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Veh Curve Joined. 



Vim 



Ville 



I 



voil 
vile 



value 



vote 



vow 




Vile V 

vat \ 



vie 



vast 



/ 



1 



view 



vowel 



/ 



van 



vice , 
vise J 

vine 



V 



c 



L 



5 



veal 



b 



void 



\ 



vace 



vein-vane veil 
vain * — vale * 



141 Words. 

I vowed with a vim that I should not vote 
for Ed Vance. 

Vira is to wear a veil when she goes into 
the vale. 

I do not know its value; but they say its 
fine. 

Elvira is in a farce act at the opera. 

Her views are very queer; she seems to 
be vain ; it runs in her veins. 

The weather vane points Northeast (N. 
E,). 

Do you know all of the vowels? 

You may advance his pay; he moved all 
of your goods in his van. He has a vat of 
vast size. 

The rose-vine grew over the gate. 



Leh Curve Joined. 47 



( c .... : j 

linn c Lloyd land lye c 

I : \ ? lie I 

lint lawyer lamb light 

I V t ) 

line <r lime * liar c Lyle 

I 1 



125 Words. 

Lloyd Lyle lit on the lower limb of a linn. 

The lawyer laid a list of his latest loans 
upon the lid of his tin box. 

Lloyd sought the lair of the lion in the 
woods. No lamb would lie down with this 
lion and get up alive. 

The lad and the lass lent the last cent they 
had to the lawyer. 

He did not tell a lie about the lay of the 
land. It lies as he said it did. 

Will you make a light line on the lower 
edge of the sheet. 

That lye is made from wood ashes and 
water. 

Let me laud you for saving your last until 
this time. You have some lint on your vest 



48 Leh Curve Joined. 



Loose r lease low > Lowell 

!.§?? /L.,, jL, J 

loop c least load lay 

t • ^....: - ] • -^ 

loot lean ~ loan ' late 

f t j _ 

lure ' lot loam lame 



i 



124 Words. 

A light layer of loam soil lies on the land 
of the lower lea, and Joe Lowell will lease the 
land- for the least sum. 

Did you lay the loose lace on the window 
sill and lose it. 

We bought a lot of lard at the market 
and loaned all of it to James Lowell. 

I saw a lame duck lie in the loose lime on 
the lea, and we could not lure it away. 

The thieves will loot the desk if they get 
a chance to do so. 

You will lose your gold if you loan it to 
Tom Lloyd. Sam Lyle is to lend his to Tom, 
and I shall loan to Joe Lloyd. 

The land on the lea is a light loam soil. 



Leh Curve Joined, Shaded. 



49 




127 Words. 



As Louise Long was out on the lawn, she 
slipped on an orange peeling. 

George Lloyd was a slim lad of 18 years 
when he slid down the sluice-way. 

The slime and sleet on the side-walk 
caused our slay to go slow, and slower until 
it stopped. 

Louise, cut out of the pie, a slim slice, and 
said, "I did not mean to slight you." 

Lou slit her waist on a slat that was 
nailed to the fence. 

We lost some time waiting for you, and 
the loss of that time caused us to lose our boat 
ride. 

As I was out on the lawn I met Lord 
Charles Lyle, who was looking for a lamb that 
he had lost in a lane last week. 



50 



Preh Cross Joined. 



Sloan 



i 



slate 
slain 
slayer 



slum prowl price ^ 

ts ^CI^p.™ 2 ? j 

slur Pratt pride 

• A °j 

prance p prime 

°i 

prayer ^ prior « 

-* £ ^ : 3 

proud pry ^ prune ^ 

j i... 



prim « 
print 



slay c 
sleigh 



121 Words. 

James Pratt is proud of his State Print- 
ing. 

The price of prunes, prior to the state 
law, was 8 cents. 

The proud prince was slain by the "slayer 
of princes." 

The prim maid ate slaw from her slate. 

Paul Price prowls about the slums. 

In his prime youth, the small boy would 
reject all slurs or slights. 

They all prayed for the prince ; and in the 
prayers, asked that he live. 

Ed Pratt would not take any price for the 
house in which he lives. 

He knows his horse can prance and is 
worth a high price. 

Before the boys could go for a hunt they 
had to load and prime their guns, and it 
seemed to be slow work. 



Preh Cross Joined, Shaded. 



51 




sprint 

f 

spring ^ 



Priest 
prod 

r^i ■ 

promise pray 
^ prey 

pro . prais. a _ 

J P ra Z s JL J 

prone ^p prompt sprite 

* er* V 




sprang 



spry 



117 Words. 



The priest promised to phone to the man 
on parole. 

I sprained my knee in my long sprint, as 
I sprang at the spry sprite youth. 

The worms are so bad that we have to 
spray sg^uce. 

The boy^ftoryer than most boys, and has 
been so promptthat we all praise him. 

The boy that was on parole fell prone and 
sprawled out on the pavement. 

The old man was on a spree and the boys 
prod him with sprigs of spruce. 

Last spring Ed Reed wrote some prose on 
the "pros and cons" of life. 

He is prone to seek the praise of the 
priest. 

I just pray that you will be prompt. 



52 Breh Cross Joined. 



Brit brad briar breeze ^ 

t *- °) ■*-■ 

brim brass s brew bread 

„ e 1 42 

brow _^ brand broom breast 

brown _ bright bruise bray 



sn> 



brouse __ brine <* brute braid 

IT** 1 



5 ., .r. 

108 Words. 



Albert B. Brown, who wears a broad 
brimmed hat, is a Brittan. On his brow he 
wears a bright red braid, and on his breast a 
brass badge. 

Albert brews beer at the brewery. 

A brute of a cow-boy is to brand the cattle 
that brouse in the briar field. 

Brown's brand is on each loaf of bread 
he bakes. 

The brine on the pork is too weak. 

The mule bruised my hand when I stopped 
his bray. 

You may bring a loaf of bread and a box 
of brass brads when you return from the 
store. You may bring, also, a pail brim full 
of butter milk. 



Kreh Cross Joined. 



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Crowd 



crown 



m* 



cram 



cry 
crim< 



2 



cross 



crier 



Christ 



i 



cruel 
creed 



crow 



crew 



7 



crease ^ craze 



r 



chromo 

.4= ■*•• 



'/I 

crude cream crate 

f *- *— 

cruise Creole * crane 

f tL C- 

crawl ^.cramb I scream 

£ 1 «. 



101 Words. 

Christ was nailed to a cross by a cruel 
crowd. A crown of thorns was crushed onto 
his head. 

A Creole put cream into all of those 
crumbs and ate them. The crew saw the 
crude Creole cram the crumbs down his throat 
and they crushed his thumbs between two 
boards to hear him cry or scream. You 
would have thought he had done a great 
crime. It was enough to almost craze the 
Creole. 

Ella has a colored chromo of a crowd with 
the cross of Christ in the background. 

I saw the town-cryer crawl over some 
crates of cherries. 



54 Greh Cross joined. 



116 Words. 

Grant brought a grouse to the ground and 
he grinned as he saw it lie in the grass; but he 
looked grim as he was taken into the grill 
room. I agree with you that he showed greed 
as he ate his gruel ; but, my, how he grew gray 
over that grill he had. 

Yes, sir; the groom will greet the bride 
on the grand-stand. 

Grant, we shall grant that you showed 
grit; but how much grease did you get out of 
that grouse. 

They ground the wheat so fine that there 
was no grit in the flour — grist. 

A gram of quinine was sold to Grant for 
him to use to break up his cold. 



Treh Curve Joined. 



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Gross 



f 



gram 
Troy 



great 
grate 

gray 



grade 

grayer 

>— 



groan 
grown f 

trim 



\ 



trice 



tree 



^_ 



troop 



C 



trill 



tramp 



trial 



treat 



*? 



trout 




trance true trod 

c/ r~ trot 

truth trend 



fu 



^ 



3 c 

120 Words. 

Grace Grant was in the eighth grade when 
she greeted Hazel Grey on the green lawn. 

You are older than I, but I am grayer 
than you are. 

The grain, as it grew, was too green to 
cut. 

We sold a gross of 2nd grade eggs to Ed- 
ward Grey. 

Would a pig grunt or groan, if it were 
treated so ? 

A tramp from Troy could trill his voice 
while in a trance. You try it. 

Edward will trim the cement from the 
wall with, your trowel. 

This tramp from Troy caught a trout and 
wanted to treat us. He was on trial and 
wanted to tell the truth ; but the trend of his 
talk was that he trod or trot all of the way. 



56 



Treh Curve Joined, Shaded. 



destroy 



truer ^-^ tray 

.6 

stran strown strain 

i/ q 




strip s : strew 

_&_ _£ 



straight 
strait 



<r 



120 Words. 

A stray ox had a stran of rope trailing 
after it. We strolled out to where it was and 
tried to stop the strayer. We caught the 
strans of rope and had to take long strides 
to keep up. We strained at the strans, but 
the ox went straight for the Strait of Huron; 
ran over a straw stack and strewed the straw 
right and left. The straw that was strewn, 
or strown straw, was to be sent East on the 
train. 

The owner of this stray is now on trial 
for damage done by the ox. The owner will 
pay the damage, for no truer man lives. 

Your friend is stranded on a strip of land 
West of here. 



Dreh Curve Joined. 



57 



Dreary dry 

drill dread (drum 



dream drawer 
<L 



drawl 




117 Words. 

It was dreary day when the men drilled. 

As the boy dived into the bay he drew a 
draught of water onto his lungs and soon 
drowned. 

"While in a deep dream I saw a dray 
drawn by a team of drab horses," drolled Ed. 

He dried those dry apples dryer than the 
dryest peaches. 

He drew a dram of ale in one draught out 
of a bottle he found in a drawer. 

He sat in a draft of air that came in 
through the open window. 

Will you play the drum as those drowsy 
men drill? 

I dread to hear.you drawl out your words. 
I hurt the drum of my ear; would you 
dread it? 



58 



Freh Joined. 



Fritter 



froze 




Frank said the fruit all froze in the last 
frost. It is cold enough to freeze now. 

Fritz fried fritters in the freight office 
for a friend. 

We had our freight at the dock. As we 
leaned on a frail frame it broke loose from its 
fastening and we almost fell into the water. 

Fritz frowned upon his f row as she asked 
to be free. 

The frieze on the front of the house, near 
the coping, is fine. 

Are you one of the frats who wore frills 
at this affray. 

I am afraid that the frozen fruit will not 
be free of duty. 

The frozen fruit will be freer of duty than 
the sound fruit, for I shall not pay any such 
duty. 



Pleh Loop Joined. 59 



<*•** . ..*» 



Plow ply plot play 

rr. i ^ 

employ plight applause plate 

sf L? a*L 

plat \ plyers plum place 

/ \ p 1 " 1 "^ c 

plan' plea Platte plain 

/ y plane 

plant please ~ plunder 

— ■ e^ 



/ 



110 Words. 



We plan to employ men to plow that plot 
of ground. 

We would have received applause ; but we 
were in such a sad plight. 

You will please place your plans before 
the priest. 

I placed the plyers and some plums on a 
plate that was passed to me. 

Can you plane a plain piece of board with 
your plane 

Our idea is that you plant the plum-seed 
in that plowed ground. .« 

In your plat, do you show that the walls 
are to be plumb? 

The boy applied for part of the plunder. 

Did you employ that boy who is in plain 
clothes to plant seed in the soil you have just 
plowed? 



60 Bleh Loop Joined. 



Bliss blend blew blaze 

blue r < 



t 



blouse bless blot blame 



^ 

blat blight blow blunt 

JL J f ^ 

blast blind blown split 

/ , , p e 

blana bloom blade splice 

A* C = 9 

134 Words. 

The color of B. K. Bliss's blouse blends 
with his hair. 

A blast of that hot wind is apt to blight 
the corn. It blew hard all day today and they 
say it will blow hard tomorrow. 

A blaze broke out in the blue grass. 

If the pole is too short you can split and 
splice it. 

That blunt old man is to be blamed for the 
blaze. Bliss's face is very bland; but he saw 
the blaze blown our way by a strong wind and 
did not tell us. 

Every blade of grass that the wind 
blighted was burned up and blown away. 

"Blow, bugle blow ! Set her wild echoes 
flying." 

The blighted rose was in full bloom. A 
blind man picked one of the roses, in full 
bloom just before the "blast." 



Kleh Loop Joined. 



61 



Clear 



c 



clam 



clean 



clay^ 
i claim 



cloud 



elide 



clothe 



clown 



cr^s 



*TN 



climb 
clime 



)- 



clod 



class 



/ 



clew 



C 



clot 



^ 



claws 
clause 



clan 



cleat 



L 



close 



=* 



1 



Claud 
cloth 



^ 



118 Words. 

There are clouds in the sky; but it will 
soon clear. 

Claud climbed to the top of Pike's Peak. 
He claims to have been a clown; but does not 
seem to be of that clan or class of people. 

A clam has no warm blood to clot. 

You claim to have cleaned those clothes. 

It is clear that the clause, Claud wrote, 
placed him at the head of his class. 

Clyde Smith plowed up those clay cords 
in your field. 

The spy has a clew to the one who burst 
the cleats from off the old shed. 

They gathered clams and took them out 
of their shells with the claws of his inven- 
tion. 

I claim to have eight in my class. 



62 



Gleh Loop Joined. 



Glint gland gloom glaze 

- £ C : TlIT...^ 

glimmer glare glow gloss 

t_ .._../ .:.: c v: 

glower glen gloat throat 

CI ~ t 1 ..: 

glad glide glade threw 

4 \ through /"" 

glass glue thiree**"^ thread-t 



127 Words. 

I was glad to catch a glint of his eyes. 

The bright rays of the sun will glimmer 
on the glass, like it does in the lake. 

His wicked eyes glower o'er his foes. 

The child glides down the hill into the 
glen. 

They will glaze the board with a gloss that 
will glow in the sun-light. 

Even in the gloom, I could see the glare 
of those eyes, as they gloat o'er his gains. 

As we glide through the glade, I catch 
the glow of the sun on the sea. 

I threw three lines with hooks into the 
bay and was glad to get two great fish. 

We had to thread our way through the 
glades, as the grass was too deep to go straight 
through. 



Following Peh, Per or Pel. 63 



Improve hamper emperor steeple 

fC J U^r. I? 

simple damper temper people 

% <z -o* (L 

dimple pamper steeper reap 

C 4 % io 

apple alps cheaper cheap 

I / I, \o 

apt stamp/ reaper deep 

J % U £e 



110 Words. 

It would be simple for the emperor to 
give you some stamps. 

The apples are apt to be cheaper this fall. 

You, may pile all of the clothes into the 
hamper and go with us to the Alps. Yes, and 
the Huns will get your scalp. 

We would pamper to your whim ; but the 
ground is much damper, now. 

The mountain is steeper and the creek is 
deeper than at other places. 

You may use our reaper to reap our wheat 
and rye. 

The people say the coal is not cheap 
enough; they wish it to be cheaper. 

How deep is the Blue at its mouth? 

How cheap are apples, today? 



64 



Following Peh, Per or Pel. 



^ 



Hop mop 

ik 

hopper stop 

n n 

chop stopper 

.tS. !3h 

chopper hope 

—V-. f— «-> ..-.-. w»B....«.. 

crop rope 
a ,. ~jfiL. 



ape 



weeper 



^? 



paper upper 




115 Words. 

In an upper room, a cop found a couple 
of young folks helping themselves to two cups 
of tea. The couple wept when caught. This 
appeared in the papers, and they will try to 
stop the papers, or have them stopped. This 
may be a cheap way to get a meal ; but it would 
be much cheaper to pay for the meal. 

I hope the crop will be good this year. 

A writ from the "Papal See" would stop 
that wrong. 

They say the children weep; why not give 
a lump of sugar to the weepers? 

We brought a chopper to chop the meat. 

It may make you hop to feed the wheat 
into the hopper. 



Following Beh, Ber Bel. 



65 



Rib 



.4 



amber 



robe 



ember 



1 



bubble 



Q^ 



r ..s#... 

member 



barb 
barber 






sabre ^ trouble >, 



3 



stable 



stubble 



*s 



table 



assemble globe 

tremble garb able 

.■ i 



j£s&. 



stumble 

u* 

bauble 

*£L 



106 Words. 



The members will assemble around a table 
at the barber shop. 

The boys stretched a barbed wire around 
the stable. 

We are not able to find out the trouble 
with the barber's associates. 

As they were running through the stub- 
ble, they stumbled and fell; but that did not 
cause the trouble. 

It arises from two sources: They do not 
wear the same garb, nor the same kind of 
sabre he wears; and one member trembles 
when anyone comes near. 

The barber's trip around the globe is only 
a bubble, now, his shop is burned to embers. 

Now, his bright bauble makes him trem- 
ble. 



66 



Following Keh, Ker or Kel. 



Sick 

I... 


ink 

4 


trinkle 

I 


black 

1. 


stick 

I 


inkling 
6. 


thinker 


blacker 


quick 


s &ink 
think 


act 

X 

tack 


fj 


thick 

C 


stacker 

A 



sickle 



I 



blink 



e 



stack actor 

JL j^L 



126 Words. 

It made the actor sick to think of his fail- 
ure. He might have known that that thick 
mud would stick to him if he went through 
it. He was told that he would sink into the 
mud, if he was not quick about what he did. 
As he came to the brink of the brook, he be- 
gan to sink. 

The black suite of the barber was blacker 
than it appeared to be. 

The farmers now use the new stacker to 
stack their hay. 

I have an inkling that your "thinker" is 
out of order. 

He wrote the deed with that thick, black 
ink. He spilled it and some of the ink trinkled 
onto the floor. 

I do not think that you like to stick your 
sickle into that thick, green grass. 



Following Keh, Ker or Kel. 67 

Ike mike seek box 

j 2 L.„.. O 



bike pike seeker oxen 

3 2 : u ,^ 

strike Luke . Meaker exact 

2 £ in ^ 

striker Z boxer speaker rock 

like t leak " speak' rocker 

i L L ^ 

125 Words. 

Ike and Mike Smith boasted that they 
would ride "bikes" over pike roads, and to the 
top of Pike's Peak. 

Roy Meaker is to be the speaker at the 
lodge. He is to speak on the subject of 
"Strikes and Strikers." 

A girl sat in a rocker and read from the 
book of Luke. 

There is a leak in that tire and I wish 
you would seek to find it. 

You may look for it; I'm no seeker after 
leaks 

I sat on a box, in a cart hauled by a yoke 
of oxen; but the box rocked so I had to desist. 

At the exact time of the party, Mike said 
he was a boxer. 

I do not know the exact words of the 
speaker. 



68 Following Keh, Ker or Kel. 

bark spark Q o work & ache 



n J... 



Ark Barker worker <%. acre 

lark sparkle ochre make 

r^ °^ : I. ^ : 

mark marker * oak , maker 

:.^ ^ J - if 

take ^ e ^ steak u brake , exert 

v/ — ° stake break 



122 Words. 

The ark caught fire and sparks are sail- 
ing over head. 

Fred Barker is a hard worker and exerts 
all of his efforts to do right. He plowed eight 
acres of corn, while he ached all over with 
fatigue. His work is not easy. 

The water is so clear, it sparkles in the 
sun-light. 

A lark flew over the lake today. 

Roy Barker felled an oak into some mud 
and found the mud to be yellow ochre. 

You may take some stakes and stake out 
those lots, and you shall have a good steak 
to eat for dinner. 

Ed. Barker said he would like to break 
a yoke of oxen. 

The ark that burned was an old land- 
mark. 

Oak bark was used to tan green hides. 



Following Keh, Ker or Kel. 69 



Lake wake week trunk 

c — p - — • wea k V_> yJ 



cake walk stuck spunk . 



Jake Walker uncle talk 



rake wink drink stock ^ 

' — • ^» £ stalk ^ 

balk weaker tackle . buckle ^ 

*-' " \-».... : / y. 

extra extend exist ^ excuse ft 

130 Words. 

The boys and girls took a truck ride to 
Bean Lake; Jake Walker baked a cake for the 
crowd; but he had to walk and take the cake 
with him. Ed. Walker had to stay at home 
and rake the back yard. 

For the sake of mirth, the wicked boys 
winked at these things. 

If you were too cool, why did you not 
wake up and tuck in the covers. 

Ed. stuck a pin into his drunk uncle to 
awaken him. It took some spunk to do so. 

I heard the folks talk about their stock- 
feeding on corn stalks. 

The boys struck the horse that balked. 

Excuse me, but we took an extra walk to 
extend the news that does exist. 

It takes some pluck to walk so far. 



70 Following Ter, Tel, Der or Del. 

Little middle Loiter enter 

i & : \ ^ 

litter ^ riddle batter center 

..: L t ./. , 

victuals fiddle battle sender 

c £ c : 

bitter _ outer mantel lender^ 1 

S ._ ; « ; 

lintel c founder rattle mentaf"^ 

J ... jA_ 



»&r 



s/t 



116 Words. 

A little boy sat in the center of the room, 
trying to play a fiddle. He had littered the 
room with his victuals, and battered a tin pan, 
when he made it rattle with an old iron spoon. 

Just as someone entered an. outer door, 
the boy was about to have a battle with his 
pet cat. 

It made Jake feel bitter, to see someone's 
name written on the lintels of the door-way. 
He saw a letter on the mantel, and wished to 
know who the sender was. 

The founder of this town, loiters about 
the courthouse. His mental state is not good. 

The batter of which I speak, is bread- 
dough. 



Following Ter, Tel, Der or Del. 71 



Laughter wider 

rv 

miter neuter 



neater 



throttle 



f) 



odder 



K 



wonder 



~> 



p ^ 

needle otter 



tighter needle r otter floater 

2 %s 3 1 

beatle bottle motor 

?. L 3 1 

° &nt(±Y mnHpl odor 

k 



title 
writer 



eater 



)i t, 4 



122 Words. 

I wonder how much lighter your motor is 
than ours. 

After Ellen had mitered the border to the 
carpet, she used a carpet needle to sew it onto 
the carpet. 

That word is of the neuter gender. 

I wonder if the writer has won a title. 
He was once thought to be a floater. 

"The man had a motor of the latest model ; 
tie," said Joe Reed. "The odor from the oil 
but there was something wrong with its throt- 
was too strong." 

Joe is odder than Ed., but much neater. 

Ed. is addicted to the use of the "bottle." 

The beatle is a great eater, and your 
plants show it. 

The brim of your hat is wider than that 
of mine. 



72 Following Ter, Tel, Der or Del. 



water wetter caudle 

-^ .^4 ^ 

waddle wader blunder 

wander * waiter bundles 



winter thunder 

- N^. ^4 

weeder girder 



121 Words. 

Walter and the waiter met the warder, 
who has charge of the garden. 

Later Walter catered to the wishes of a 
trader and they went on the water for a sail. 

This trader was so fat he could hardly 
waddle. 

Walter said he should be put into a cra- 
dle and fed from a ladle spoon. 

Walter and the waiter wandered out to 
the woods last winter and blundered onto the 
warder, who was the gard at the time. 

Waiter fell into the water, and waded out, 
wetter than he had been for some time. 

The waiter called him a wader. 

Edward, with a candle in one hand and a 
bundle in the other, walked out onto a girder 
of the new bridge. 



Following Geh, Ger or Gel. 



73 



Big 



Pig 



C 



bigger^ 



trigger 



cougar 






lounger 



edge 



eager 



U 



pledge meagre 



L, 



larger 



tag „ 

t/ „.... 

bag ^ tiger 

X 2 

badger - English . anger . 

£ „ K i 

Bangor ^ eagle f angle / 



a. 



112 Words. 

An Englishman, who was a lounger in 
Bangor, Maine, pulled a trigger and shot a big 
eagle, that had just caught a pig in its claws. 

A cougar and a tiger got into a fight and, 
as the tiger was larger than the cougar, it 
chased the cougar away. 

-On tag day, the ladies got a very meagre 
sum in their money bags. They had pledged 
a much larger sum. 

Did you notice the anger of the English- 
man, as he passed that angle in the road? 

At the edge of the woods, we met that 
tiger. Some one is in danger of getting hurt. 
The tiger will kill someone yet. 



74 Following Jeh, Ger, Gel or Cheh. 



Tangle 



J> 



wiggle 



i 



danger 



beggar 



stranger auger 
os augur. 

hinge- 




131 Words. 

If a mule gets its feet tangled in har- 
ness, it can wriggle out of the tangle. 

Bert Yeager, a stranger to us, is a beg- 
gar; but used to be a ranger. He sits on that 
sugar barrel, with an auger dangling from his 
hand. 

While the rich lounge on their couches, 
some of the poor have to patch old clothes 
or labor in the kitchen. 

As Anna pinched her hand in the hinge of 
the door, she said ouch. 

A thief, on the ridge, filched a poifch from 
Abe. 

A crowd tried to catch the thief and pitch 
him into the lake. He stole a batch of fritters 
from the kitchen. 

The crowd would like to lynch him or 
hitch him to a post. 

Ollie stitched the cloth for eight inches 
with a single thread. 



Following Cheh or Jeh. 



75 



Attach 



huge 



thatch * peach 

I 



jC: 



^ 



lodge margin 

n 

dodge lunge 

i^ rx ^ 

flange > preach large much - 

I t* 2X 

trench teach barge coach 

i~ i; ^ t 

stretch reach charge poach 

k* ^ . I 



110 Words. 

They had to teach the soldiers how to 
stretch a huge thatched roof over the 
trenches ; so that, when they are attacked, the 
bullet will lodge in the thatching. 

Just as the soldiers reached those who 
were in charge of the barge, they had to dodge 
a large shell. It lunged into the water and 
missed them by a narrow margin. 

There is a narrow margin or flange on 
this thatched roof, as there should be on all 
roofs. 

The soldiers have a man with them to 
preach to them or teach them, who is called a 
chaplain. 

You. cannot dodge the fact that he 
poached wild geese and ducks. 



76 J Following Neh, Shaded. 

Business coyness cuteness 

I % ■&- 

Innes fastness meanness 

i i ^ 

illness brightness neatness 

L % : ■ 1, 

nearness V vastness cleanness 



11 i 

loudness r lightness clearness 



i zz£ 



soreness charm lateness 

-x - -Z -=.■■- 

120 Words. 

Owing to his illness, Mr. Innes was kept 
out of business for six weeks. 

The fastness and the vastness of the for- 
est was such, that they could not explore it. 

The nearness of the train and the loud- 
ness of its noise, caused us not to cross the 
track. 

The coyness and the cuteness of the deer 
was such, that we could not shoot it. 

The clearness of his subject and the neat- 
ness of his writing should win the reward for 
him. 

The meanness of the man and the light- 
ness of his talk did not please us. 

"That light may outshine the brightness 
of the sun," said the inventer. 

The lightness of the wood, makes me 
think it is pine. 



Following Meh or Neh, Shaded. 77 

Weakness arm charms 

warm ' wickedness farm " 

— * <±* ^ 

harness warn crossness 



107 Words. 

The soreness of my arm, brought on weak- 
ness. I felt some little alarm, as I was warned 
to be careful. 

The witness was in earnest and spoke of 
the wickedness of the offender. 

Owing to its being so warm and the late- 
ness of the hour, the court adjourned. 

The crossness of the lawyer and the swift- 
ness with which he put his questions, made 
the witness become quite warm. 

See the fish-worms squirm. Does the 
light harm them? 

The old harness is badly worn. If used on 
this farm much longer, it will have to be re- 
built. 

One weakness of mine is not to listen to 
the charms of new ideas. 



78 



Following Feh, Fer or Fel. 



If 



liver 



civil 



infer 



L 



sift * 

t, 

stiff ^ 

X, : S 

stiffer river , 

x P c 

<. shiver 

u - i 



sinful tearful 

* :.l 

influence fearful ^ 



k 



infirm ' joyful ^ 

^ 4 

inference Alfred 

V 

inflame after, 

<k. t£L 



live 



121 Words. 

I infer fron what you said, or the infer- 
ence is, that A ifred shivered after he came 
out of tho rivei . 

Re may feel stiff now; but he will be far 
stiff or tomorrow. 

If he is mi more civil, he will wield a sin- 
ful influence ov\3r the lives of others. 

He might cause the infirmed to feel more 
joyful, if they were not fearful of his tricks. 

He keeps his little sister's face tearful 
most of the time. 

The infirmed's liver is very painful to 
him. 

Alfred, you may sift the flour through 
our sieve, if you wish to do so. 

After a joyful day, we had a delightful 
ride on the river, in Fred's boat. 

Alfred's face is inflamed with anger. 



Following Veh, Ver or Vel. 



79 



Cavil 
ever 

every 



c 



sever 



never 



Denver 



strife 



*s^ 



clever .' alive 



i 



Steve 

5U. 

Stephen 

. H , \i 

envelop ^^ live , evil 

_3. j w 

I've liven , even 

Lai 



strive 



-J : , 5 

5 



you ve „ 

C 



cleaver 



115 Words. 

Steve, you've every reason to strive for 
the prize; and such strife will do you good. 

You never seemed more clever to me, than 
now. Were you ever in Denver? 

The people seem to be alive out there. 
They are a live people; they liven everything 
they touch. 

I sometimes cavil with Stephen about 
their evil influence; but Fve every reason to 
believe that I should sever my relations here 
and go out there, myself. 

Steve has a pair of cleavers I never saw 
before. 

The invalid is barely alive. His life is 
almost gone. I thought he would live to a good 
old age; but in the past eleven years, he has 
failed rapidly. 



80 Following Fer, Fel, Veh, Ver, Vel. 



Cove 



stove 



i 



oval 

save 

savor 

shaver 

flavor 



i 



anvil 



i 



offer 



swivel 



awful 



drove 



i 



phlover 



Grover 



t 

L 



wafer 

weaver 

quiver 



proffer 



^ 



suffer 



waffle 



zrs 



126 Words. 

We drove a flock of phlovers out of their 
cove. 

Do you like the flavor of the phlover 
meat? Is it cooking on the stove, now? 

The one who planes boards is a shaver. 

The blacksmith just made an iron swivel 
on his anvil. 

The weaver wove a pair of socks for you. 

You should not say the heat is awful; it 
is true we suffer from the heat; but the word 
awful is used to express great wonder or sur- 
prise. 

Ed. Glover said, "The cold makes me 
shiver/' and Cora said, "It makes my flesh 
quiver. 

The artist's palette is of an oval shape. 

The salt I offer you is a savor of fresh 
meat 



Following Leh, Neh or Lef-v, Shaded. 81 



listhessness 
yourseJJL r ural 



se}jL f uraL_, 
elves rural 



miller 
itself 



k 



endless 
carelessness 



;> tireless? 



theirselves fearless 
coolne 



doubtless > tireles 
oiler 



f hnnt.lpssv 



useless 

a- 



3 



ess"^"*" peerless * bootlessY tearless 



112 Words. 

Our miller is very listless; doubtless the 
listlessness of the miller, was the cause of his 
carelessness. 

This, in itself, was not so bad; but that 
endless thoughtlessness, on his part, makes 
him worthless. 

You know, yourself, that if we do not use 
the wireless, we cannot reach the rural dis- 
trict. I, myself, have tried to reach them and 
failed. The Ural ridge is too far away. 

He is so blind that he is practically sight- 
less. 

You will need an atlas to find the place. 

Let us treat ourselves as I treated myself 
— to a good joy ride. 

The sight was cheerless; the soldiers, 
fearless; the hero, tearless, and the officer, 
peerless. 



82 Following Leh, Ler or Lef , Shaded. 

Spotless dollar bailiff windlass 

£* :<r\ :^r2 -.. 

artless * bottler \ bateless Willis 

"Z\ <^ :__ 

heartless c olive aimless unless 

harmless ir boneless \ wordless <* ttioughuess. 

i y 



^ 




Carl 0* stoneless world Q lawlessness 



^ 
^ 



2 

snarl * choral watchless hostler 





112 Words. 

The heartless bailiff was harmless, for he 
did not have a dollar. 

Although Carl Boyd's clothes were spot- 
less, his conduct was aimless. He is a bottler. 
He bottles olives. 

Did you ever eat a stoneless peach? No, 
but I've eaten boneless pork. 

The chloral of the ladies was not noise- 
less. 

The lawlessness of the hostler, caused him 
to travel around the world. 

Unless you go to Willis, Kansas, and use 
that windlass, you will never dig the well. 

Carl snarled about the tastelessness of the 
olives that you bought in Willis. 

I cannot tell you the time, for I am watch- 
less. 

He never succeeded as all of his acts are 
fruitless. 



Following i-e Expressed by Disjoining. 83 



City cheery happy saggy 

L L Io L 

dizzy silly flabby patchy 

Cr I /£ . „..../£ 

giddy chilly L Frankie Carrie 

£ r r. t 

inky '* lowryL Hattie r CoriT 

c i A V . 

stingy v oily Paddy Fannie 

5 \, a h 



118 Words. 

The cider you get in the city, will make 
you dizzy — or giddy, if you please. 

Since you spilled your ink, your desk has 
become inky. 

I think Charles is very stingy. 

Your flower gardens look quite cheery. 

I think it will storm as the clouds are very 
lowry and the air is chilly. . 

Paddie's old clothes are too oily. 

Frankie is very happy for she has met 
Hattie, and they are to have a party. 

These old clothes are so patchy, and look 
shaggy. 

Carrie, Cora and Fannie are all to be at 
the party to be given by Frankie and Hattie. 

They are, also, as happy as they can be. 
Are you going to be at the party? 



84 Following i-e Expressed by Disjoining. 




Penny flighty dryly truly 

ir ^ i % 

any pliny slyly poorly^ 

r : * : 5. c 

plenty firy slightly duty 

X ,, - V-, z- 



C^' 



ready slimy duly ^r jury 



/•» 



ai / «C 



envy ivy cooly/^T sleepy 



cooly^T sleepy. 
1 i I* 



^ 1. L I* 



114 Words. 

I used to have plenty of money; but I 
haven't a penny. I am ready to share with 
you if you have any. 

I am ready to serve on the jury; but my 
clothes are slightly soiled. 

I do not envy you, your task. 

That ivy vine will climb the slimy wall. 

He answered me very dryly and said he 
was too sleepy to go; yet he slyly slipped out 
with the boys. 

Edward slightly spoke of the task he was 
about to undertake. Very coolly he took up 
his duty of guarding the city; although he was 
very poorly paid. 

Do not envy Freddie; he is very firy. 
Yours very truly, Charley Bailey. 



Following i-e Expressed by Disjoining. 85 



Leaky sloppy soggy woody 

L? °)^ 3- ^jz 

treaty copy blotchy woolly | c 

is^v _!..<? l ,.. .^y.... r . .. , 

needy Bobbie charry ropy 

Xs - Ac? -^Vi 1.0 

easy rocky balmy choky 

Lr .'D * ?\j .!• 

Erie shoddy Holly doty 

U ; fX T\s 1 

120 Words. 

The air was very balmy in Erie, today. 

Our boat was so leaky that they had to 
use the pump. 

The shores of Lake Erie are quite rocky. 

It is easy to see that the poor family is 
quite needy. 

The sidewalks around our place are 
sloppy. 

Do you have a copy of the letter written 
to that shaggy old tramp. 

You know how blotchy his letter was, 

Bobbie Booth wears a holly in the button 
hole of his coat. 

His clothes are old and shabby; but they 
look tidy. 

The apples you gave me taste woody. 

The charry wood will soil your hands. 

The negro's head is woolly, the syrup is 
ropy, and the persimmons are choky and the 
old man is doty. 



86 Following i-e Expressed by Disjoining. 



Logy wholly forty 

!.„• J*. 

story baby 



\ 



bony - thirty 



stony eighty 



roamy shady 
% .....: : 



112 Words. 

I like to hear Mr. Bailey tell us stories of 
his life in the navy, thirty or forty years ago. 
He is not stout; but rather bony. 

His story of their storm on Stony Point 
was very fine. 

Annie Bailey was only a baby then. 

The trees around our house make our 
lawn quite shady. 

Mary Bailey's hair is as waivy as it can 
be. 

The under-brush is so webby, you can not 
get through it. 

The weather has been rainy all day, so we 
could not be out. 

We have a daily report from our navy 
about stormy seas. 

Yours very truly. 



Natural, Narrow Hook for "m," "n" or 87 

'%ient." 



Ten 



tempt 



dent 



Lem. 



lend 



vent 



K3 



fence 



n 



jent. 



jem 



pen 



<Ls 



been 



<L> 



men 



rem 



then 



them 



sen 



silent 



i 



open 



lament 



student 

Jp =,, £* !~2 

115 Words. 

Lem. asked the student to lend his jems to 
him, and said he would take good care of them. 

I am glad to say that the student was 
silent on that subject. 

The men opened the door, spoke to Lem. 
and then went out. 

I lament to say that Lem. gave vent to his 
feelings. 

The gent, made a dent in the fence with 
his ax. 

It has been some time since I used a pen 
to write to the student. 

You could not tempt the student to fence 
with any of the men. 

The tendency of some of the men, is to 
quarrel. 

We have been out on the fence with some 
of the students. 



88 Natural, Very Narrow Hook. 



/ 



Endearment amendment endowment 

_ /*£: 

requirement^* employment annum 

Q *V- "" 

Newton " payment * cem< 

: : /*• '^=Z .-, : 

atonement farmer woo< 

<& : 2^_ ,. 

attainment payment * Elle: 

onement, squirm ^ woo! 



101 Words. 

In Mr. Newton's endowment, his require- 
ments were that every student should have 
some kind of employment. 

This endowment will not be an atone- 
ment for the farmer's wooden leg. 

Ellen is to wear woolen clothes this win- 
ter. 

Those heavy payments will make the 
farmers squirm. 

The onement of the farmers enabled them 
to come quickly to an agreement. 

Ellen's attainment at the college gave her 
very high grades. 

The payments on the account was to be 



Shade for Following "tion." 



89 



commission 



ocean 



i 



session 
Russian 



fashion 



1 



station 



Gretian 




That commission meant so much to those Persians 

t M * 1 1 * 



105 Words. 

While the U. S. Commission was in ses- 
sion they held a fashion show on the beach. 

The Russians were at the fashion show; 
the Gretian commissioners were with the Hes- 
sians, attending an auction. 

The ancient Hessians know but little of 
our modern fashion shows and were not inter- 
ested. 

Let me caution you not to listen too 
closely to the ancient Hessians or Gretian com- 
missioners. 

At the ocean beach station, all of the com- 
missioners will take train for the east. 

At its eighth session, the commission will 
take action. 

It is very fashionable for the farmer and 
his family to go annually to the ocean beach. 



^ 



t)0 Cross preceding with following outlines for 
intervening "con" or "com." 



These committees to commence a contest 



Recomrrrend accommodate accomplish 

js , 4U 1: 

We come to siee you* ^ your comments 

^c o. 

income is to be. transcontinental 

d .& 

105 Words. 

I recommend that you accommodate the 
earl while on his transcontinental trip to Cal- 
ifornia. 

All the accomplishments with it will be of 
interest to all of us. 

I note your comments about the earl ; but 
he will commend you to his people if you ac- 
commodate him this time. 

As soon as possible we are to come to see 
you. 

The earl's income is about fifty thousand 
dollars. 

We shall continue to call on you, as long 
as you are a member of the committee and 
have anything to say. 

I have become interested in your welfare, 
and would like to recommend the earl to you. 



SPECIAL INSTRUCTION §i 

The following words and phrases are not 
to be committed, but their outlines are to be 
analyzed and the principles of construction 
thoroughly studied. 

Their outlines, in many cases, can be 
more briefly expressed according to the in- 
genuity of the student. 

If these outlines are properly studied, 
the student should be able to briefly express 
any word in existence without the assistance 
of his teacher. 

Practice Lessons This Way 

Write one line of shorthand in your 
tablet and make a study of the phrasing and 
more brief expression while writing it (over 
and over) at least ten times more. 

Then fill another line from where you 
left off and do likewise until you have written 
the whole exercise. 

Never neglect observing and making 
proper length, shape and direction of every 
stroke. 



92 

A 

...i^x...,...absolute 

...-**^lr-f?abbr'eviation 

....^^^cceptable 

...^P acceptances 

«Os?....accessible 

^.accommodation 
.....-^.....accompany 

....J**f. accordance 

&.. accomplishment 

„.jCz. accumulation 

.brrrr/^acetylene 
....^^...acknowledge 

...?-C. acquaintance 

.^. actually 

...^£r!v?.adaptability 
^...additional 
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98 

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94 
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95 

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96 
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97 
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98 




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99 

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100 
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101 
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102 


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104 

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105 

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107 






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108 



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109 



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110 



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112 




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113 



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114 



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116 



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117 

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119 




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120 



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121 






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122 



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